The Virtuosi driver led from pole for the period, breaking DRS to Frederik Vesti (Prema) by lap seven earlier than constructing a five-second lead earlier than Vesti pitted.
Doohan adopted swimsuit two laps later and emerged in entrance, ultimately constructing a nine-second lead for his first win since Belgium final 12 months.
It comes after a wrestle thus far in 2023, his second F2 season, having solely taken two podiums after a powerful displaying in his rookie 12 months.
Championship chief Vesti completed second to increase his result in 11 factors, keeping off a late problem from Victor Martins (ART), who took his seventh podium amid a shocking rookie season.
There was motion from the off as Vesti and Martins tussled at Flip 1, the extra skilled driver rising forward behind Doohan.
The yellow flags have been waved briefly on lap three as Clement Novalak got here to a cease on monitor at Flip 4 in his Trident-run automobile, however motion was not disrupted.
Doohan had damaged DRS to Vesti by lap seven because the pitstops began behind, with Zane Maloney the primary to swap to the medium tyres for Rodin Carlin.
Ayumu Iwasa, who ran the alternate technique for DAMS, was faster than the leaders by this level, operating 0.039s faster than Doohan on lap eight.
Vesti was closing on Doohan by lap 10, with the hole at 0.7s, however it was again as much as 1.2s two laps later as Isack Hadjar (Hitech) grew to become the primary of the highest 5 to cease.
Ayumu Iwasa, Dams, leads Kush Maini, Campos Racing
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Theo Pourchaire, operating fourth for ART, stopped on lap 13, hoping for a late podium cost, however was caught behind Virtuosi’s Amaury Cordeel after rising in thirteenth, costing him priceless time.
Vesti’s engineers advised him he “in all probability must field” on lap 17, however it was 5 extra laps earlier than he lastly switched to the medium compound, rising in fourth, with Martins following swimsuit subsequent time round.
Doohan had stayed out whereas his rivals emerged, with Martins then embroiled in a combat along with his team-mate. Pourchaire ran extensive at Flip 2, amassing rubber on his contemporary tyres and shedding time to Martins who powered forward, whereas Pourchaire fell behind Hadjar into sixth.
Doohan lastly stopped on lap 24, retaining his lead forward of Vesti, with Martins in third.
Iwasa quickly made it previous Pourchaire, having taken an early cease for the gentle tyres as degradation was decrease than anticipated, earlier than passing Hadjar on lap 35 up the within of Flip 1 to safe fourth.
Hadjar completed fifth, with Pourchaire in sixth in a blow to his title combat with Vesti.
Dennis Hauger was seventh for MP Motorsport, with Enzo Fittipaldi (Hitech) eighth, VAR driver Juan Manuel Correa in ninth and team-mate Richard Verschoor rounding off the highest 10.
F2 returns subsequent weekend in Belgium with two rounds remaining.
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